phonocardiographn.
/ˌfəʊnəʊˈkɑːdɪə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/, /ˌfəʊnəʊˈkɑːdɪə(ʊ)ɡraf/, U.S. /ˌfoʊnoʊˈkɑrdiəˌɡræf/, /ˌfoʊnoʊˈkɑrdioʊˌɡræf/ Medicine.
Any of various instruments that record or display phonocardiograms.
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pelvimeter1779
labimeter1785
pulmometer1814
neurometer1818
cardiometer1827
pneumatometer1832
lithometer1842
urinometer1843
spirometer1846
labidometer1848
paedometer1848
stethometer1850
pneumometer1853
psychograph1854
aesthesiometer1857
stethogoniometer1858
respirometer1859
anapnometer1860
chest-measurer1862
cardiograph1866
cyrtometer1867
myograph1867
myographion1867
pneumograph1868
anapnograph1870
polygraph1871
pneumatograph1874
pelycometer1875
baraesthesiometer1876
stetho-cardiograph1876
stethograph1876
haemocytometer1877
tambour1877
thoracometer1877
audiometer1879
tropometer1881
inspirometer1882
oncograph1882
oncometer1882
septometer1882
kinesimeter1885
pneograph1888
kinaesthesiometer1890
parturiometer1890
pneometer1890
spirograph1890
tonograph1890
pelvigraph1892
phrenograph1893
profilometer1895
calibrator1900
tremograph1904
urinopyknometer1905
adaptometer1907
phonoscope1908
electrocardiograph1910
phonocardiograph1913
arthrometer1918
pneumotachograph1926
cystometer1927
cardiotachometer1928
encephalograph1934
electroencephalograph1935
ballistocardiograph1938
phonoelectrocardioscope1942
electromyograph1944
pupillograph1951
statometer1957
pneumotach1961
magnetocardiograph1963
1913 Lancet 21 June 1784/1 A phonocardiograph is also provided.
1943 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 90 iii. 43/1 The phonocardiograph employed by Einthoven possessed a simple but crude sort of high-pass acoustic filter.
1980 Lancet 19 Jan. 38/1 Increased diagnosis of fetal distress by means of a phonocardiograph.
1991 New Scientist 2 Nov. 24/1 A device known as a dynamic spectral phonocardiograph (DSP) uses a sensitive microphone to pick up heart sounds, which are then broken down into their constituent frequencies and displayed on a screen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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